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An administrative law judge has found that Denver Public Schools Superintendent Tom Boasberg violated a Colorado campaign law by sending out an email urging voters to vote for Amendment 66. However, because complainants in the case did not prove that the email was an expenditure, Boasberg and DPS escapes the weight of the law.

A group of parents and a former School Board member lodged the complaint, and are considering appealing the ruling which, while finding Boasberg in violation of the spirit of the law, found the marginal expenditure of school district resources negligible, or unproven by evidence. The judge’s ruling would open the door for unlimited paid work by salaried school district employees on political campaigns.

Rita Montero, a former school board member and a critic of Boasberg’s political activities, wrote “There is a case, Common Cause v. Coffman that found the opposite of the judges view.” Montero’s group will be releasing more information subsequently.